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SYNOPSIS

House Bills and Joint Resolutions

2013 Maryland General Assembly Session

February 11, 2013

Schedule 21

HOUSE BILLS INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 8, 2013

HB 1197

Delegate Hershey, et al

QUEEN ANNE’S COUNTY – WINERY SPECIAL EVENT PERMITS –

FARMERS’ MARKETS

Authorizing the Comptroller to issue a winery special event permit to a Class

4 Maryland limited winery in Queen Anne’s County for unlimited use for 1

day each week at specified farmers’ markets in Queen Anne’s County.

EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013

Art. 2B, § 2-101(u)(1) - amended and § 2-101(u)(15) - added

Assigned to: Economic Matters

HB 1198

Delegate Myers, et al

INCOME TAX CREDIT – RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS

Allowing an individual or a corporation to claim a credit against the State

income tax for 15% of the cost of a renewable energy system; requiring a

renewable energy system for which a credit is claimed to satisfy specified

requirements; providing that the amount of the credit may not exceed the

State income tax for a taxable year; authorizing an individual or a corporation

to apply any excess amount of the credit against the State income tax for

succeeding taxable years; etc.


TG, § 10-719 - added

Assigned to: Ways and Means

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HB 1199

Delegate Parrott, et al

CITIZENS’ CONGRESSIONAL REDISTRICTING COMMISSION

Creating the Citizens’ Congressional Redistricting Commission; requiring the

Commission to divide the State to create congressional districts, as specified;

providing for the membership, qualifications, and duties of the Commission;

specifying requirements for the adoption of a redistricting plan; requiring the

Legislative Auditor to establish and administer an online application process

for individuals seeking appointment to the Commission; etc.

This bill requires a mandated appropriation in the annual budget bill.

EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 2013

EL, § 8-701 - amended and §§ 8-701.1 through 8-701.12 - added

Assigned to: House Rules and Executive Nominations

HB 1200

Delegate Ivey

EDUCATION – MARYLAND CHARTER SCHOOL ADVISORY

COUNCIL – ESTABLISHMENT

Establishing the Maryland Charter School Advisory Council within the State

Department of Education; requiring the Department to provide staff for the

Council; establishing the mission of the Council; establishing the membership

of the Council; establishing the membership term; requiring the Governor or

the Department to appoint a member in the event of a vacancy; requiring the

Council members to elect the Council chair; prohibiting a member from

receiving compensation except under specified circumstances; etc.


ED, §§ 9-201 through 9-206 - added


HB 1201

Delegate Carter

BALTIMORE CITY – NEW YOUTH DETENTION FACILITY –

COMMISSION ON DELINQUENCY AND YOUTH DETENTION

PREVENTION

Establishing the Commission on Delinquency and Youth Detention

Prevention; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the

Commission; prohibiting a member of the Commission from receiving

compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses;

requiring the Commission to administer a specified fund; requiring the

Commission to report allocations from the fund to the Governor and the

General Assembly annually on or before a specified date; etc.


Assigned to: Appropriations




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HB 1202

Delegate A. Kelly, et al

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS – CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL MIDWIVES –

PILOT PROGRAM

Authorizing certified professional midwives to practice in the State if the

certified professional midwife is certified to practice by the North American

Registry of Midwives and by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene;

requiring certified professional midwives to file birthing plans with the

Department that include prenatal counseling, preparation for an emergency,

identification of an accessible hospital in the event of an emergency, and the

filing of the result of the delivery and a birth certificate; etc.


HO, §§ 6-101 through 6-109 - added

Assigned to: Health and Government Operations

HB 1203

Delegates Kramer and Simmons

HOMEOWNER’S OR RENTER’S INSURANCE – UNDERWRITING AND

POLICY EXCLUSIONS – SPECIFIC BREED OR SIZE OF DOG

Prohibiting an insurer, with respect to homeowner’s or renter’s insurance,

from refusing to underwrite a risk based solely on the specific breed or size of

a dog owned by an applicant or insured; prohibiting an insurer from excluding

coverage under a policy of homeowner’s or renter’s insurance for a specific

breed or size of a dog owned by an applicant or insured; etc.


IN, § 27-501(r) - added


HB 1204

Delegate Braveboy, et al

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT – MARYLAND WAGE AND HOUR LAW

– PAYMENT OF WAGES

Specifying the amount of the State minimum wage rate that is in effect for

specified time periods; requiring the Commissioner of Labor and Industry to

set the rate in a specified manner on or after a specified date or under

specified circumstances; requiring that the Commissioner publish the rate in

the Maryland Register on or before a specified date each year; repealing the

exemption from the Maryland Wage and Hour Law for specified individuals;

etc.

EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2013

LE, §§ 3-403, 3-413, 3-415, 3-419, 3-420, and 3-427 - amended






HB 1205

Delegate Rudolph

TASK FORCE TO STUDY CAPTIVE INSURERS

Establishing the Task Force to Study Captive Insurers; providing for the

purpose, membership, cochairs, and staffing of the Task Force; providing that

the members of the Task Force may not receive compensation, but may be

reimbursed for specified expenses; requiring the Task Force to study and

report on specified matters to the Governor and specified committees on or

before December 31, 2013; and terminating the Act at the end of May 31,

2014.



HB 1206

Delegate Mitchell, et al

STRATEGIC INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP – INCOME TAX CREDIT

Allowing an individual or corporation a credit of a specified amount against

the State income tax for 75% of a monetary contribution to a strategic

industry partnership; requiring the Department of Business and Economic

Development to certify the amount of the credit that may be claimed;

providing that the amount of the credit may not exceed specified amounts;

providing for a specified refund; etc.


TG, § 10-733 - added


HB 1207

Delegate Gutierrez, et al

ELECTION LAW – EARLY VOTING CENTERS

Altering the number of registered voters used to determine the number of

early voting centers that must be established in a county; altering the number

of early voting centers a county with 450,000 or more registered voters is

required to establish; etc.

Preliminary analysis: local government mandate


EL, § 10-301.1 - amended






HB 1208

Delegate Hershey

BAY RESTORATION FEE – EXEMPTION – ON–SITE SEWAGE

DISPOSAL SYSTEM USING BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY

Exempting a user of an on–site sewage disposal system that utilizes best

available technology for nitrogen removal from paying the Bay Restoration

Fee.


EN, § 9-1605.2(c) - amended

Assigned to: Environmental Matters

HB 1209

Delegate Frick, et al

RECORDATION TAXES – EXEMPTIONS

Exempting specified indemnity mortgage transactions from the recordation

tax; altering the transaction amount that is subject to the recordation tax for

supplemental instruments of writing; making specified refinancing

instruments exempt from the recordation tax; and altering the definition of

“supplemental instrument of writing”.


TP, §§ 12-101(l), 12-105(f)(7) and 12-108(e) and (g) - amended


HB 1210

Delegate Hershey

WATERWAY IMPROVEMENT FUND – REVENUE DISTRIBUTIONS –

MARINAS

Requiring the Comptroller to distribute specified revenues from the motor

fuel tax and the sales and use tax to the Waterway Improvement Fund; etc.


TG, § 2-1103.1 - added and §§ 2-1104(a) and 2-1303 - amended






HB 1211

Delegate Schulz, et al

ESTATES AND TRUSTS – SLAYER’S STATUTE (ANN SUE METZ

LAW)

Clarifying that a person who feloniously and intentionally kills, conspires to

kill, or procures the killing of the decedent is disqualified from inheriting,

taking, enjoying, receiving, or otherwise benefiting from the death, probate

estate, or nonprobate property of the decedent, or from receiving a general or

special power of appointment conferred by the will or trust of the decedent, or

from serving as a personal representative, guardian, or trustee of a trust

created by the decedent; etc.


ET, § 11-112 - added

Assigned to: Judiciary

HB 1212


CONSUMER PROTECTION – NEGATIVE OPTION FEATURE –

RESTRICTIONS

Prohibiting a merchant from using a negative option feature in connection

with a sale of consumer goods or consumer services or a free trial offer for

consumer goods or consumer services unless the merchant provides the

consumer with a written disclosure of the terms and conditions of the negative

option feature; etc.


CL, § 14-1324 - added





HB 1213


STATE PERSONNEL – PROGRAM TO IMPROVE EMPLOYEE TO

SUPERVISOR RATIO AND EMPLOYEE SPAN OF CONTROL REVIEW

BOARD

Requiring the Secretary of Budget and Management, in collaboration with the

heads of units in the Executive Branch of State government, to establish a

program to improve the ratio of Executive Branch employees to supervisors

beginning on specified dates; requiring the Secretary to waive program

requirements under specified circumstances; providing that the program

requirements do not apply if federal requirements exist; establishing the

Employee Span of Control Review Board; providing for the membership of

the Board; etc.


SP, § 4-107 - amended


HB 1214

Delegate Walker

SALES AND USE TAX – SNACK FOOD – APPLICATION

Specifying that the exemption from the sales and use tax for food sold for

consumption off the premises by specified food vendors does not apply to

specified snack food; repealing the exemption from the sales and use tax for

specified snack food sold through a vending machine; and defining the term

“snack food”.


TG, § 11-206 - amended


HB 1215

Delegate Walker

CONSUMER PROTECTION – HOME APPLIANCES – WARRANTY

ENFORCEMENT

Requiring a manufacturer of home appliances or its agent to repair or correct

a nonconformity in a home appliance at no cost to the consumer if the home

appliance does not conform to the manufacturer’s express warranties;

requiring a manufacturer, under specified circumstances and at the option of

the consumer, to replace a home appliance with a comparable home appliance

or accept return of a home appliance and refund the purchase price less

reasonable allowances; etc.


CL, §§ 14-15A-01 through 14-15A-08 - added






HB 1216


HEALTH INSURANCE – FEDERAL MENTAL HEALTH PARITY AND

ADDICTION EQUITY ACT – CONSUMER BILL OF RIGHTS

Requiring specified carriers that offer a specified health insurance policy or

contract to provide, in the mental health and substance use disorder benefits

sections of the health insurance policy or contract documents, notices and

other information relating to the federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction

Equity Act; requiring a carrier to provide policy or contract information or

documents to a member within a specified period of time; etc.


HG, § 19-706(oooo) - added and IN, § 15-128 - added


HB 1217

Delegates Valderrama and Pena–Melnyk

FOOD SERVICE FACILITIES – LETTER GRADING

Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to establish and

implement a system for grading and classifying health inspection results for

specified food service facilities; requiring the Department to provide specified

food service facilities with letter grade cards; requiring specified food service

facilities to immediately post letter grade cards under specified circumstances;

prohibiting the Department from providing a letter grade card to a food

service facility if the Department orders closing; etc.


HG, § 21-313.1 - added and § 21-316 - amended


HB 1218

Delegates Szeliga and Aumann

CONSUMER PROTECTION – PAYMENT BY CREDIT CARD –

PROHIBITION OF SURCHARGE

Prohibiting a merchant that accepts payment by credit card from imposing a

specified surcharge on a buyer who elects to use a credit card to make

payment in a sales transaction for consumer goods or consumer services;

providing that the Act does not prohibit a merchant from offering a discount

for a specified purpose if the discount is offered to all prospective buyers; etc.

EMERGENCY BILL

CL, § 13-301(14)(xxiii) - amended and § 14-1324 - added






HB 1219

Delegate Cullison, et al

CONSUMER PROTECTION – REQUIRED NOTICE BY FINANCIAL

INSTITUTIONS – NONPUBLIC PERSONAL INFORMATION

Requiring specified financial institutions that disclose to specified affiliates

and nonaffiliated third parties specified nonpublic personal information to

include a specified notice in specified statements; establishing specified

content, placement, and font size requirements for the notice; etc.


CL, § 14-1324 - added


HB 1220

Delegate Swain, et al

INVALIDATION AND DESTRUCTION OF UNEXECUTED WARRANT,

SUMMONS, OR OTHER CRIMINAL PROCESS – FAILURE TO APPEAR

DESIGNATION

Specifying that a provision of law relating to invalidation and destruction of

an unexecuted warrant, summons, or other criminal process may not be

construed to nullify or remove a failure to appear designation that has been

placed on an individual’s driving record by the Motor Vehicle

Administration; etc.


CP, § 4-109 - amended


HB 1221

Delegates Vitale and Ready

STATE BOARD OF MORTICIANS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS –

PRACTICE OF MORTUARY SCIENCE – TRADE NAMES

Altering a prohibition on practicing mortuary science under a name other than

the name that appears on the person’s license to allow a person to practice

mortuary science under a name other than the name that appears on that

person’s license.


HO, § 7-503 - amended






HB 1222

Delegate Weir

REAL PROPERTY – LANDLORD DEFENSES IN NUISANCE ACTIONS

Establishing a complete defense to any nuisance action brought under State or

local law against a landlord if the tenant’s actions are the basis for the action

and specified actions have been taken by the landlord or the District Court in

a suit to repossess the premises based on a breach of the lease.


RP, § 8-402.1 - amended


HB 1223

Delegate McMillan, et al

HOMESTEAD PROPERTY TAX CREDIT – ELIGIBILITY

VERIFICATION AND APPLICATION – EXTENSION AND NOTICE

Altering the date after which the homestead property tax credit may not be

authorized or granted unless a specified application is filed with the State

Department of Assessments and Taxation; requiring each county to provide a

specified notification to homeowners about the homestead tax credit; etc.


TP, § 9-105(d)(6) and (f) - amended


HB 1224

Delegate Stein, et al

PUBLIC SAFETY – GAS PIPELINES – EMERGENCY RESPONSE

PLANNING

Requiring the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), in

consultation with specified persons, to establish emergency response

standards for specified gas transmission companies; requiring a gas

transmission company to submit to MEMA an emergency response plan that

meets specified minimum federal standards; requiring MEMA to review the

emergency response plan of a gas transmission company and to require

amendments or updates as needed to protect public safety; etc.


PS, §§ 15-101 through 15-103 - added






HB 1225

Delegate Kach

CRIMINAL LAW – DRIVE–BY SHOOTING – FORFEITURE OF MOTOR

VEHICLE

Prohibiting a person, while in or having just exited a motor vehicle, from

recklessly discharging a firearm at or toward another motor vehicle or

building or at or toward another person or an occupied building or motor

vehicle; and requiring the forfeiture of a specified motor vehicle subject to

specified requirements.


CR, § 4-110 - added


HB 1226

Delegate Simmons

CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – MONTGOMERY COUNTY –

METROPOLITAN BALLET THEATRE RELOCATION AND

EXPANSION

Authorizing the creation of a State Debt not to exceed $100,000, the proceeds

to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Metropolitan Ballet Theatre

& Academy, Inc. for the acquisition, planning, design, construction, repair,

renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of a new location for the

Metropolitan Ballet Theatre, located in Gaithersburg; providing for

disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee

provide and expend a matching fund; etc.



HB 1227

Delegates Braveboy and O’Donnell

GENERAL ASSEMBLY – APPOINTMENT TO VACANCY IN OFFICE –

PROCEDURE

Prohibiting, except under specified circumstances, the Governor from

refusing to appoint the individual whose name was submitted by a specified

central committee to fill a vacancy in the office of Delegate or Senator;

authorizing, under specified circumstances, a central committee to withdraw

the name of an individual submitted to the Governor; requiring, if a name is

withdrawn, the central committee to submit a new name within a specified

time period; etc.

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT – CONTINGENT

Maryland Constitution, Art. III, § 13 - repealed and added






HB 1228

Delegate Valentino–Smith, et al

COMMISSION TO STUDY THE DISPROPORTIONATE JUSTICE

IMPACT ON MINORITIES

Establishing the Commission to Study the Disproportionate Justice Impact on

Minorities; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the

Commission; prohibiting a member of the Commission from receiving

specified compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified

expenses; requiring the Commission to identify, study, report on, and make

recommendations regarding specified matters; requiring the Commission to

hold at least two public hearings within a specified period of time; etc.



HB 1229

Delegate Weir

MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEES – EXEMPTIONS –

SURVIVING SPOUSES OF VETERANS

Repealing the requirement that a surviving spouse of a deceased disabled

veteran be at least 65 years old to qualify for an exemption from motor

vehicle registration fees; and exempting from registration fees under specified

circumstances a motor vehicle that is owned and used by the surviving spouse

of a veteran who died in combat or from a combat–related injury; etc.


TR, § 13-903(a)(9) and (10) - amended and § 13-903(a)(11) - added


HB 1230

Delegate Dumais, et al

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE – PERSONS ELIGIBLE FOR RELIEF AND

ORDERS TO VACATE HOME

Altering, for specified purposes relating to domestic violence, the definition

of “person eligible for relief” to include an individual involved in a specified

intimate relationship with the respondent and an individual who has had a

sexual relationship with the respondent; expanding the instances in which a

final protective order may order the respondent to vacate the home

immediately and award temporary use and possession of the home to the

person eligible for relief; etc.


FL, §§ 4-501(m) and 4-506(d) - amended






HB 1231


STATE AID – BUSINESS TRANSPARENCY AND FINANCIAL

DISCLOSURE ACT

Requiring corporations that receive at least $25,000 in specified State

subsidies to file a specified disclosure report with the granting body that

provides the subsidy; requiring the disclosure report to contain specified

information; requiring the disclosure report to be provided on or before

December 31 of each year; requiring a granting body to publish a compilation

of the disclosure reports on its Web site on or before April 1 of each year;

defining terms; etc.


SF, § 7-407 - added


HB 1232

Delegate Swain, et al

ISSUANCE OF SEARCH WARRANT BY ELECTRONIC MEANS ACT

OF 2013

Expanding a provision of law requiring an application for a search warrant to

be in writing to authorize an application for a search warrant to be submitted

through any electronic or digital means.


CP, § 1-203(a) - amended


HB 1233

Delegate George, et al

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE – LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES – USE

OF DRONES

Prohibiting a law enforcement agency from using a drone to gather evidence

or other information without a warrant, except under specified circumstances;

authorizing an aggrieved party to initiate a specified civil action against a law

enforcement agency; establishing that evidence obtained or collected in

violation of the Act is not admissible as evidence in a criminal prosecution in

a court of law in the State; and defining terms.



CP, § 1-203.1 - added






HB 1234

Delegate Frank

ELECTION OF CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES – RANDOM ORDERING OF

NAMES

Requiring a local board of elections to conduct a random drawing of the

names of the candidates for election for circuit court judge to determine the

order of the names on the ballot; etc.



EL, § 9-210(j) - amended


HB 1235

Delegate McDermott

VEHICLE LAWS – LAW ENFORCEMENT VEHICLES – TINTED

WINDOWS

Exempting a vehicle used by a law enforcement agency from a prohibition

against affixing specified tinting materials to a vehicle’s windows.


TR, § 22-406(i) - amended


HB 1236

Delegates Hixson and A. Miller

RECORDATION AND TRANSFER TAXES – LOW INCOME HOUSING

PROJECTS – CONTROLLING INTEREST

Establishing the consideration used to calculate the recordation and the State

and county transfer tax on specified transactions for which a controlling

interest is conveyed; etc.



TP, §§ 12-103(a), 13-203(a), and 13-412 - amended and §§ 12-103(a-1),

13-203(a-1), and 13-412(c) - added






HB 1237

Delegate Bromwell (By Request – State Board of Pharmacy)

HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS – PRESCRIPTION DRUG OR

DEVICE DISPENSING – MEDICAL FACILITIES OR CLINICS THAT

SPECIALIZE IN TREATMENT REIMBURSABLE THROUGH

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE

Repealing an exception from the requirement that an individual be licensed by

the Board of Pharmacy before the individual may practice pharmacy in the

State; and requiring a dentist, physician, or podiatrist who dispenses a

prescription drug or device in the course of treating a patient at a medical

facility or clinic that specializes in the treatment of medical cases

reimbursable through workers’ compensation insurance to obtain a dispensing

permit and meet other requirements.


HO, § 12-102(g) - amended


HB 1238

Delegate Hucker

UTILITY COMPANIES – REMOVAL OF LINES FROM UTILITY POLES

Requiring specified electric companies and telephone companies to

coordinate with specified companies the timing of the removal of specified

lines so that specified lines are removed within a specified period of time;

authorizing the Public Service Commission to adopt specified regulations or

issue specified orders; etc.


PU, §§ 7-215 and 8-109 - added





HB 1239

Montgomery County Delegation and Prince George’s County Delegation

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT DISTRICT –

ESTABLISHMENT OF SALES OUTLETS IN PRINCE GEORGE’S

COUNTY MC/PG 117–13

Requiring the Washington Suburban Transit Commission to take any action

necessary to enter the Washington Suburban Transit District into a contract or

agreement with the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority to establish at

least three sales outlets in Prince George’s County at which senior citizens

may purchase discounted fare cards; and requiring sales outlets established in

accordance with the Act to be located at specifed locations in Prince George’s

County.


PLL of Mont Co, Art. 16, § 87-12(b) and PLL of PG Co, Art. 17, Part III, §

12(b) - added


HB 1240

Howard County Delegation

HOWARD COUNTY – ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES – CONTINUING

CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY LICENSE HO. CO. 10–13

Establishing in Howard County a Class C (Continuing Care Retirement

Community) beer, wine and liquor license; establishing qualifications for a

licensee; authorizing a licensee to keep for sale and sell at retail to a resident

or a guest of the community beer, wine, and liquor for consumption on the

premises; and providing for a $250 annual license fee.


Art. 2B, § 6-301(o)(6) - added


HB 1241

Delegates Jacobs and Wood

FISHING – SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT FUND

Establishing the Sustainable Fisheries Enforcement Fund as a special,

nonlapsing fund; applying a $10 surcharge to specified angler’s licenses,

commercial fishing licenses, and recreational fishing licenses; requiring that

the surcharge be credited to the Sustainable Fisheries Enforcement Fund to

finance specified enforcement activities of the Natural Resources Police; etc.

EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2013

NR, § 1-211 - added and §§ 4-604(f), 4-701(e) and (p), and 4-745 - amended






HB 1242

Delegates McDermott and Smigiel

CORRECTIONAL SERVICES – INMATE HEALTH CARE SERVICES –

BILLING

Requiring the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to

implement specified measures and specified automated health care billing

systems; requiring the Department to conduct specified reviews of specified

claims; requiring the Department to implement health care claims and audit

recovery services; authorizing the Department to contract with a vendor to

implement specified technologies based on specified reimbursement models;

etc.


CS, § 10-802 - added


HB 1243

Delegate Jacobs, et al

ENVIRONMENT – WATER POLLUTION CONTROL – PENALTIES

Altering the maximum civil and administrative penalties for water pollution

control violations; and requiring the Department of the Environment to

distribute specified proceeds from the penalties to the Fisheries Research and

Development Fund for specified use.


EN, § 9-342 and NR, § 4-209 - amended


HB 1244


OYSTER DREDGING – WATERS NORTH OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY

BRIDGE AND KENT NARROWS BRIDGE

Adding the waters of Anne Arundel County, Baltimore County, Cecil County,

Harford County, Kent County, and Queen Anne’s County that lie north of the

Chesapeake Bay Bridge and the Kent Narrows Bridge to the areas of State

waters in the Chesapeake Bay where a person may catch oysters by dredge.


NR, § 4-1012 - amended






HB 1245

Delegate Rosenberg, et al

MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SAFETY NET

ACT OF 2013

Requiring the Department of Public Safety and the Department of Health and

Mental Hygiene to establish a specified Prison In–Reach Program; requiring

each county board of education to include behavioral health services with

school health services; requiring the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Administration

to implement a specified program throughout the State to promote early

identification of substance abuse; etc.



CS, ED, & HG, Various Sections - amended & added & Chapter 371 of the

Acts of 2002, § 2 & Chapter 82 of the Acts of 2005, § 2 - repealed


HB 1246

Delegate Luedtke, et al

BUSINESS RELIEF AND TAX FAIRNESS ACT OF 2013

Altering specified fees collected by the State Department of Assessments and

Taxation for the filing of specified documents by specified corporations and

business entities; requiring specified corporations to compute Maryland

taxable income using a specified combined reporting method; requiring,

subject to specified regulations, specified groups of corporations to file a

combined income tax return reflecting the aggregate income tax liability of all

the members of the group; etc.


CA, § 1-203(b)(3)(ii) and TG, § 10-811 - amended and TG, § 10-402.1 -

added





HB 1247

Delegate O’Donnell, et al

STATE GOVERNMENT – FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND HARRIET

TUBMAN MEMORIAL STATUES – PLACEMENT AND COMMISSION

Requiring that a Frederick Douglass Memorial Statue and a Harriet Tubman

Memorial Statue be placed on the grounds of the State House, one on each

side of the Roger Brooke Taney Statue; establishing the Commission on the

Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman Memorial Statues; requiring the

Commission to develop and implement a process to create specified memorial

statues and take other specified action relating to the creation of the memorial

statues; terminating the Commission on June 30, 2015; etc.



HB 1248

Delegate Jameson (By Request)

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION – AVERAGE WEEKLY WAGE –

VOLUNTEER COMPANY MEMBER

Altering the method of computing the average weekly wage for workers’

compensation benefits for specified members of a volunteer ambulance,

ambulance and rescue, or fire company in Baltimore County; and providing

that the average weekly wage for workers’ compensation benefits for

specified members of volunteer companies shall be the greater of the salary or

wages from other employment of the covered employee or the equivalent of

the base salary of a specified professional firefighter or emergency medical

technician.



LE, § 9-602(b) and (g) - amended





HB 1249

Delegate Haynes

BALTIMORE CITY – SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION – BLOCK GRANTS

Establishing the Baltimore City Public Schools Construction Authority;

authorizing the issuance of specified bonds; requiring the State to provide a

block grant each year for school construction projects in Baltimore City;

providing for the funding and an annual increase in the amount of funding for

school construction projects in Baltimore City; increasing the amount of

outstanding debt that the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners may

issue; etc.



ED, §§ 4-401 through 4-424 and 5-301(c-1) - added and EC and ED, Various

Sections - amended


HB 1250

Delegate Valderrama, et al

CRIMES – THREAT OF MASS VIOLENCE

Prohibiting a person from threatening to commit, or causing to be committed,

a crime of violence that would place others at substantial risk of death or

serious physical injury if there are specified probable consequences of the

threat; establishing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of the felony

of making a threat of mass violence; requiring a court to order a person

convicted under the Act to reimburse specified persons; etc.


CR, § 3-1001 - added


HB 1251

Delegate Clippinger, et al

PUBLIC SAFETY – FIREARMS – FIREARMS SALES PROHIBITION

Prohibiting the sale or transfer of a regulated firearm or ammunition by a

business that derives more than 10% of the business’ gross revenues from the

sale of groceries; specifying penalties; etc.


PS, § 5-142.1 - added






HB 1252


HEALTH INSURANCE – FEDERAL MENTAL HEALTH PARITY AND

ADDICTION EQUITY ACT – UTILIZATION REVIEW CRITERIA AND

STANDARDS

Requiring the information that a private review agent submits to the Maryland

Insurance Commissioner in conjunction with a specified application to

include certification by the private review agent that the criteria and standards

to be used in conducting utilization review are, for review of mental health

and substance use disorder benefits, in compliance with the federal Mental

Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act; etc.


IN, §§ 15-10B-05(a)(11) and 15-10B-11(8) - amended


HB 1253


NATURAL RESOURCES – COMMERCIAL FISHING – LICENSING

Altering the annual fees and surcharges for specified commercial fishing

licenses and authorizations; requiring that specified tidal fish licensees obtain

a harvester registration from the Department of Natural Resources;

authorizing the Department to issue a permit authorizing a person to

commercially harvest specified fish species; establishing annual fees for the

permits; repealing provisions of law that authorize the Department to

establish and issue a commercial fishing apprenticeship permit; etc.


NR, §§ 4-701, 4-702, and 4-711(i) - amended, § 4-701.1 - repealed, and §

4-711(i) - added





HB 1254

Delegate Costa, et al

PUBLIC HEALTH – FORENSIC LABORATORIES – REGULATION

Requiring that inspections of specified forensic laboratories be conducted

with a specified frequency; requiring the Secretary of Health and Mental

Hygiene to authorize a specified accreditation body to inspect specified

forensic laboratories in the State; requiring specified forensic laboratories to

obtain accreditation from a specified accreditation body before applying for a

specified license; requiring the Secretary to approve a specified nonprofit

accreditation body to accredit forensic laboratories; etc.


HG, §§ 17-2A-01, 17-2A-02, 17-2A-08, and 17-2A-12(a) - amended and §

17-2A-03.1 - added

Assigned to: Health and Government Operations and Judiciary

HB 1255

Delegates Niemann and Malone

MOTOR VEHICLES – TOWING SERVICES – LICENSING

Prohibiting, after October 1, 2015, a person from registering a tow truck

unless the person obtains a towing license; authorizing a police department to

take an improperly registered tow truck into custody; requiring, after October

1, 2015, a person to obtain a license from the Motor Vehicle Administration

before driving a tow truck in the State, operating a towing service in the State,

or operating a specified vehicle storage facility in the State; establishing the

Towing Regulation Advisory Board in the MVA; etc.


TR, § 13-920(g) - amended and §§ 13-920(k) and (l), 15-901 through 15-919,

and 27-101(ff) - added





HB 1256

Delegate Rosenberg

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION – OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE – POST–

TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

Creating a presumption that, for purposes of workers’ compensation, a first

responder suffering from post–traumatic stress disorder is suffering from an

occupational disease that was suffered in the line of duty and is compensable

under specified circumstances; providing that a specified employee who is

eligible for benefits under the Act or that employee’s dependents shall receive

the benefits in addition to specified retirement benefits; etc.



LE, § 9-503(e) - added and amended


HB 1257

Delegate McIntosh, et al

LAND USE – CLARIFICATIONS AND CORRECTIONS

Clarifying specified provisions of law relating to zoning, planning,

subdivision, and other land use laws of the State; altering the contents of a

specified annual report to refer to approved rather than adopted plans;

requiring charter counties on the tidal waters of the State to designate

specified areas for specified purposes; clarifying that code counties as well as

charter counties shall adopt specified visions and may adopt specified

regulations; clarifying a requirement of consistency with the plan; etc.


LU, §§ 1-412 and 8-202(d) - added and Various Sections - amended





HB 1258

Delegate Hough, et al

MENTAL HYGIENE – REFORM OF LAWS AND DELIVERY OF

SERVICES

Modifying specified standards for involuntary admissions of individuals with

mental disorders to specified facilities or a Veterans’ Administration hospital

under specified circumstances; modifying specified standards for emergency

evaluations of individuals with mental disorders under specified

circumstances; modifying specified standards for clinical review panel

approval; establishing the Task Force on the Delivery of Services to

Individuals with Mental Illness; etc.


HG, §§ 10-613, 10-617(a), 10-620, 10-622(a) and (c), 10-623(b), 10-626(a),

10-633(e), and 10-708(g) - amended and 10-631 - added


HB 1259

Delegate Glenn, et al

CRIMES – ELDER ABUSE OR NEGLECT – RESTRICTIONS ON

PRETRIAL RELEASE

Prohibiting a District Court commissioner from authorizing the pretrial

release of a defendant charged with causing abuse or neglect of a vulnerable

adult in the first or second degree; providing that a judge may authorize the

pretrial release of the defendant on specified conditions; etc.


CP, § 5-202(h) - added


HB 1260


CRIMES – ELDER ABUSE OR NEGLECT – INCREASED PENALTIES

Increasing the penalties for the crime of causing abuse or neglect of a

vulnerable adult in the first or second degree.


CR, §§ 3-604(c) and 3-605(c) - amended






HB 1261

Delegate Davis

CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY – CITY

OF DISTRICT HEIGHTS SENIOR DAY FACILITY EXPANSION


to be used as a grant to the Mayor and City Commissioners of the City of

District Heights for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation,

reconstruction, and capital equipping of the City of District Heights Senior

Day Facility, located in District Heights; providing for disbursement of the

loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the grantee provide and expend a

matching fund; etc.



HB 1262

Delegate A. Miller, et al

PUBLIC HEALTH – SYNTHETIC INFILL TURF FIELDS –

INFORMATIONAL SIGNS

Requiring the owner or operator of a facility with a synthetic infill turf field to

post a specified sign in a conspicuous location informing individuals using the

field of specified health and safety recommendations of the Department of

Health and Mental Hygiene.


HG, § 24-1601 - added


HB 1263

Delegate Frank

PROSECUTION OF OFFENSES RELATED TO PRACTICING MEDICINE

WITHOUT A LICENSE – STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS – REPEAL

Repealing the requirement that a prosecution for an offense under § 14–601

of the Health Occupations Article of practicing, attempting to practice, or

offering to practice medicine without a license be instituted within 3 years

after the offense was committed; etc.


CJ, § 5-106(r) - repealed and RP, § 14-117(l) - amended






HB 1264

Delegate George, et al

TASK FORCE TO STUDY FORFEITURE OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS

FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS CHARGED WITH OR CONVICTED OF A

CRIME

Establishing the Task Force to Study Forfeiture of Retirement Benefits for

Public Officials Charged with or Convicted of a Crime; providing for the

composition, chair, and staffing of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force

to study and make recommendations regarding the possible forfeiture or

suspension of retirement benefits for public officials when charged with or

convicted of a criminal act; requiring the Task Force to report its findings to

specified committees of the General Assembly on or before November 30,

2013; etc.



HB 1265


PATIENT SAFETY EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS

Authorizing hospitals, related institutions, and specified insurers to establish

patient safety early intervention programs; prohibiting the use of specified

statements made during specified discussions held in accordance with

specified patient safety early intervention programs as evidence of liability or

as evidence of an admission against interest in specified actions and

proceedings; etc.


CJ, § 10-920.1 and HG, § 19-304.1 - added





HB 1266

Delegate Lafferty, et al

ENERGY – LANDFILL DIVERSION – MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE

PORTFOLIO STANDARD

Establishing a municipal solid waste portfolio standard; requiring the

Department of the Environment to implement and manage a municipal solid

waste portfolio standard for each county in the State during specified years;

requiring each county to submit a specified report each year to the

Department; requiring each county to pay specified compliance fees into the

Maryland Strategic Energy Investment Fund under specified circumstances;

limiting how the fees paid into the Fund may be used; etc.


PU, §§ 7-801 through 7-807 - added and SG, §§ 9-20B-03 through 9-20B-05

and 9-20B-12 - amended


HB 1267

Delegate Kramer, et al

NURSING HOMES AND ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES – SEX

OFFENDERS

Requiring a registered sex offender who applies for admission to a nursing

home or an assisted living program to provide a specified notification to the

nursing home or assisted living program during the admission process; adding

to the information to be included in a registration statement; prohibiting a

facility from knowingly employing an identified registrant; authorizing a

facility to decline admission to an identified registrant; etc.


CP, § 11-705(k) - added and §§ 11-706(a) and 11-708 - amended and HG, §§

19-2401 through 19-2405 - added





HB 1268

Delegate Dwyer, et al

OFFICIAL OATHS – EDUCATIONAL COURSE REQUIREMENT

(MARYLAND OATH OF OFFICE AFFIRMATION ACT)

Requiring that, before taking the oath of office, an individual elected or

appointed to an office take a specified course on the oath of office, the United

States Constitution’s Bill of Rights, and the Maryland Declaration of Rights

that is offered by an institute of higher education or a specified nonprofit

organization; and requiring that the course include 6 hours of instruction and

specified content and materials, and use, under specified circumstances, the

1828 Edition of Webster’s Dictionary when defining terms.


SG, § 16-106.1 - added


HB 1269

Delegate Braveboy, et al

TASK FORCE TO STUDY REDISTRICTING IN MARYLAND

Establishing a Task Force to Study Redistricting in Maryland; specifying the

composition, powers, and duties of the Task Force; providing for the staffing

of the Task Force; requiring the Task Force to report its findings and

recommendations, including suggested constitutional and legislative changes,

to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2014;

and terminating the Act at the end of June 30, 2015.



HB 1270

Delegate Frush

HEALTH CARE FACILITIES AND PHARMACIES – SALE OF

TOBACCO PRODUCTS – PROHIBITION

Establishing, as a condition of licensure, that tobacco products be prohibited

from being sold in specified hospitals, related institutions, and nursing homes;

requiring that specified regulations prohibit the sale of tobacco products in

specified freestanding medical facilities and hospice facilities; requiring the

Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene to adopt specified regulations that

prohibit the sale of tobacco products in specified freestanding ambulatory

care facilities; etc.


HG, §§ 19-319(j), 19-3A-02(c), 19-3B-03(e), 19-903(b)(4) and HO, §

12-403(b)(22) - added and HG and HO, Various Sections - amended






HB 1271

Delegate Rosenberg

COURTS – UNAUTHORIZED USE OF NAME OR LIKENESS

Authorizing a specified individual whose name or likeness has commercial

value and is used for a commercial or advertising purpose without the written

consent of the individual or the written consent of a specified party to bring

an action to enjoin the unauthorized use and to recover damages for loss or

injury sustained by the use; authorizing specified individuals or persons to

bring a specified action; prohibiting an action under the Act from being

commenced after a specified period; etc.


CJ, §§ 3-1901 through 3-1904 and ET, § 4-415 - added


HB 1272

Delegate Rosenberg

MARYLAND COLLEGE SPORTS FANS AND ATHLETES BILL OF

RIGHTS

Establishing a Maryland College Sports Fans and Athletes Bill of Rights;

vesting the final decision concerning an institution’s membership or

association with specified athletics organizations with the governing board of

that institution; defining terms; specifying responsibilities for institutions of

higher education and their athletic programs with regard to the student

athletes; requiring the Secretary of Higher Education to make a certification;

etc.


ED, §§ 12-104(o), 14-104(s), 14-404(i), and 15-201 through 15-204 - added


HB 1273

Calvert County Delegation

EDUCATION – CALVERT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION –

ANNUAL AUDIT

Requiring the Calvert County Board of Education to report to specified

recipients the results of a specified audit of its financial transactions and

accounts within a specified number of months after the close of the fiscal year

for the Calvert County Board of Education.


ED, § 5-109 - amended






HB 1274

Delegate Mizeur, et al

MARYLAND HYDRAULIC FRACTURING MORATORIUM AND

RIGHT TO KNOW ACT OF 2013

Prohibiting the Department of the Environment from issuing a permit for the

hydraulic fracturing of a well for the exploration or production of natural gas

until specified conditions are met; requiring the Department of the

Environment and the Department of Natural Resources to issue a specified

risk assessment at the same time a specified report is issued; authorizing the

Department of the Environment to establish and collect a specified fee under

specified circumstances; etc.


EN, § 14-102 - amended and § 14-107.1 - added


HB 1275

Delegate Cardin, et al

PUBLIC SAFETY – REGULATED FIREARMS – FIREARM AND

PERMIT SURCHARGE

Requiring a specified surcharge to be imposed on regulated firearm purchases

and handgun permit applications; requiring all money received from the

surcharge to go into the Mental Health Services Fund; requiring the

Department of State Police in collaboration with the Department of Health

and Mental Hygiene to adopt specified regulations; establishing the Mental

Health Services Fund as a special, nonlapsing fund; specifying the purpose of

the Fund; etc.


PS, §§ 5-142.1 and 5-309.1 and HG, § 10-906 - added and SF, §

6-226(a)(2)(ii)69. and 70. - amended and § 6-226(a)(2)(ii)71. - added


HB 1276

Delegate Hough, et al

STATEWIDE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MASTER PLAN –

SECURITY POLICY

Requiring the statewide information technology master plan developed by the

Secretary of Information Technology to include a specified policy requiring

specified vendors to establish that an information technology product or piece

of equipment is safe from embedded security threats.


SF, § 3A-304 - amended






HB 1277


SALES AND USE TAX – AMMUNITION – DEVELOPMENTAL

DISABILITIES FUNDING

Increasing the sales and use tax rate for ammunition to 50% of the taxable

price; and distributing the revenue from the sales and use tax on ammunition

to the Waiting List Equity Fund to pay for services for individuals with

developmental disabilities.


HG, § 7-205(d)(1) - amended and TG, §§ 2-1302.2 and 11-104(j) - added and

§ 2-1303 - amended


HB 1278

Delegate Fisher, et al

CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS – “CROWDFUNDING” LAWS

– RESTRICTIONS AND COMPLIANCE

Prohibiting the Securities Commissioner of the Division of Securities from

issuing any orders or adopting any rules, forms, or regulations regarding

issuers, securities, and funding portals that are regulated under a specified

federal law concerning a means of raising capital known as “crowdfunding”;

and specifying that any issuer, security, or funding portal that is regulated

under the federal Act and is in compliance with the federal Act is deemed to

be in compliance with specified provisions of State law.


CA, § 11-104 - added


HB 1279

Delegate Niemann, et al

STATEWIDE BUILDING CODES – MARYLAND ACCESSIBILITY

CODE – ENFORCEMENT

Authorizing an aggrieved individual to commence a civil action to obtain

relief for a violation of the Maryland Accessibility Code by a person that

operates a building of four or more dwelling units that is subject to the

Maryland Accessibility Code; and authorizing a court that finds that a

violation has occurred in an action brought under the Act to grant appropriate

relief, including injunctive relief, and award reasonable attorney’s fees and

costs and actual and punitive damages under specified circumstances.


PS, § 12-202 - amended






HB 1280

Delegate Haynes, et al

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING – STATE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

AND STATE HIGHER EDUCATION LABOR RELATIONS BOARD –

ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY

Requiring the State Labor Relations Board and the State Higher Education

Labor Relations Board to decide specified controversies and disputes;

authorizing the boards to order a respondent to make specified payments to a

complainant under specified circumstances; authorizing the boards to bring

actions to enforce specified orders; etc.


SP, §§ 3-207 and 3-2A-07 - amended and §§ 3-209 and 3-2A-09 - repealed


HB 1281

Delegate Carter, et al

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS – ENTRANCE–LEVEL AND

ANNUAL TRAINING REQUIREMENTS (CHRISTOPHER’S LAW)

Altering entrance–level and annual training conducted by the State and each

county and municipal police training school that are required by the Police

Training Commission to include specified training consistent with specified

provisions.


PS, 3-207 - amended


HB 1282

Delegate Eckardt, et al

AGRICULTURAL LAND CONDEMNATION BOARD

Establishing the Agricultural Land Condemnation Board; specifying the

membership of the Board and terms of membership; requiring specified State

and local entities to notify the Board of the intent to condemn specified land

for specified purposes; prohibiting specified State or local entities from

initiating condemnation of specified land for specified purposes without

receiving approval from the Board; etc.


AG, §§ 2-1301 through 2-1308 and Art. 24, § 1-113 - added






HB 1283


PREVAILING WAGE ENFORCEMENT ACT

Requiring the Division of Labor and Industry in the Department of Labor,

Licensing, and Regulation to collect and retain a specified civil penalty rather

than have the penalty paid into the General Fund; requiring a contractor to

pay specified liquidated damages for late submission of payroll records to the

Division and not to the General Fund; requiring a contractor to pay specified

liquidated damages for failing to pay a specified laborer or employee the

prevailing wage to the Division and not to the General Fund; etc.


SF, §§ 17-219, 17-220, 17-222, and 17-224(f) - amended


HB 1284

Delegate Conaway

BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS – REQUIREMENT TO

DEMOLISH CLOSED SCHOOLS

Requiring the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners to demolish

closed public school buildings in Baltimore City within 3 years after the date

the school was closed unless the school building has been reopened,

transferred, sold, or disposed of in another manner.





HB 1285

Prince George’s County Delegation

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY – PUBLIC SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION

FEE AND FUND – AUTHORITY TO ESTABLISH AND ADMINISTER

PG 402–13

Authorizing the Prince George’s County Council to enact specified laws or

ordinances to establish and collect a public school construction fee to be paid

by business establishments located in the county and to establish and

administer a public school construction trust fund; requiring a law or an

ordinance enacted by the County Council under the Act to require that the

fees collected under the law or ordinance be deposited in the trust fund and

used only for specified purposes; etc.


ED, § 5-313 - added






HB 1286

Delegates Braveboy and Carr

EDUCATION – DUE PROCESS HEARINGS FOR CHILDREN WITH

DISABILITIES – BURDEN OF PROOF

Requiring the State Department of Education, a local school system, or any

State agency responsible for providing education to students with disabilities

to bear the burden of proof in a due process hearing relating to a dispute over

the identification, evaluation, educational placement, or provision of a free

appropriate education to a child with disabilities.





HB 1287

Delegate Niemann

PUBLIC–PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS – APPEALS JURISDICTION AND

TIME REQUIREMENTS

Establishing that the Court of Special Appeals has jurisdiction over specified

immediate appeals related to specified public–private partnerships;

establishing specified time limits related to specified appeals; etc.


CJ, § 12-310 - added


HB 1288

Delegate Stocksdale, et al

ACCOUNTABILITY IN EDUCATION ACT OF 2013

Requiring a county board of education to pay a public institution of higher

education 50% of the tuition and fees charged to a student enrolled in a

noncredit remedial education course under specified circumstances; requiring

a county board to remit payment within a specified number of days on receipt

of a specified notification from a public institution of higher education; etc.



ED, §§ 5-119 and 15-113 - added






HB 1289

Delegates Tarrant and Mitchell

BALTIMORE CITY BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS –

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES – PREFERENCE FOR IN–STATE

CONTRACTORS

Requiring the Baltimore City Board of School Commissioners of the

Baltimore City Public School System to give a resident bidder a specified

preference on procurements for specified school transportation services;

defining terms; etc.


SF, § 14-401.1 - added


HB 1290

Delegate Frank

HEALTH OCCUPATIONS BOARDS – DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES –

PROHIBITION ON STAYS

Prohibiting a hearing of charges filed by specified health occupations boards

from being stayed or challenged by specified procedural defects; prohibiting

an order of specified health occupations boards from being stayed pending

judicial review; altering the circumstances under which an order of specified

health occupations boards may not be stayed; repealing obsolete provisions of

law regarding the stay of orders of specified health occupations boards; etc.


HO, Various Sections - amended


HB 1291

Delegate Hucker

BUSINESS OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS – PRIVATE PROCESS

SERVICE – LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION

Requiring the licensure as a private process service agency of any person who

provides specified private process service; providing for the terms and

renewals of the licenses, qualifications for and duties of licensees, display of

licenses, and required records of a licensee; establishing specified

administrative, financial, and surety bond requirements for a licensed private

process service agency; establishing qualifications for and duties of certified

private process servers; etc.


BOP, §§ 13.5-101 through 13.5-701 - added






HB 1292

Delegate O’Donnell, et al

CALVERT COUNTY – ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES LICENSES –

RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES

Establishing a Continuing Care Retirement Community license in Calvert

County; authorizing the license to be issued for a club that meets specified

requirements; authorizing the licensee to sell beer, wine, and liquor to

members and guests under specified circumstances; and providing for an

annual license fee of $500.


Art. 2B, § 6-301(f)(3) - added


HB 1293

Delegate A. Kelly

HIGHER EDUCATION AND HEALTH OCCUPATIONS – NURSE

MIDWIFERY PROGRAM – STUDY

Requiring the University of Maryland, Baltimore, in cooperation with the

Maryland Higher Education Commission, the Johns Hopkins School of

Nursing, and the State Board of Nursing to conduct a study and make

recommendations to specified committees of the General Assembly on or

before December 1, 2013, regarding barriers and obstacles to establishing

additional nurse midwifery programs in the State; etc.



HB 1294

Delegate Rudolph

PROCUREMENTS BY MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF

TRANSPORTATION – ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND

DISMEMBERMENT BENEFITS REQUIRED

Prohibiting the Department of Transportation from deeming a bidder or

offeror as prequalified if the Department determines that the bidder or offeror

fails to provide accidental death and dismemberment benefits for its

employees; providing that a prospective bidder or offeror that is not

prequalified that makes a bid or offer on a procurement by the Department

may not be deemed a responsible bidder or offeror unless the bidder or offeror

submits evidence to the Department, as specified.


SF, § 13-204 - amended






HB 1295

Delegate Carr

PROCUREMENT – STATE FUNDS – ENERGY EFFICIENT OUTDOOR

LIGHTING FIXTURES

Expanding the prohibition on the use of State funds to install or replace

specified luminaires by including funds to operate specified luminaires in the

prohibition and applying the prohibition to all permanent outdoor luminaires

unless the luminaires meet specified requirements; establishing specified

requirements for luminaires intended for specified lighting purposes; etc.


SF, § 14-412 - amended


HB 1296

Delegates Cullison and Frank

STATE BOARD OF PHYSICIANS – QUASI–JUDICIAL POWERS –

REVISION

Authorizing the State Board of Physicians to issue a cease and desist order or

obtain injunctive relief for taking any action that may be grounds for

discipline under a specified provision of law and that poses a serious risk to

the health, safety, and welfare of a patient; and requiring the Board to adopt

regulations to carry out a specified provision of law.


HO, § 14-206 - amended


HB 1297

Delegate Zucker, et al

CONSUMER PROTECTION – SECURITY FREEZES – CHILDREN IN

FOSTER CARE SETTINGS

Requiring the Social Services Administration of the Maryland Department of

Human Resources to request a security freeze on the consumer report or a

specified record of specified protected consumers who are minor children in

the custody of a local department of social services who have been placed in a

foster care setting in accordance with specified application procedures;

requiring a consumer reporting agency to place a security freeze for a

protected consumer under specified circumstances; etc.


CL, § 14-1212.3 - added






HB 1298


ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY – SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS –

COMPENSATION

Prohibiting the Anne Arundel County Board of Education from compensating

the county superintendent of schools for nonsalary benefits earned in a

specified manner.





HB 1299


LEAD POISONING – RISK REDUCTION STANDARD – FREQUENCY

OF TESTING

Requiring an owner of an affected property with windows that were installed

after a specified date to pass the test for lead–contaminated dust with a

specified frequency and before a pregnant woman or a child occupies the unit;

and requiring an owner of an affected property with windows that were

installed after a specified date to pass the test for lead–contaminated dust on

notification that an individual occupying the affected property is pregnant.


EN, § 6-815(b) and (c), RP, § 8-401(b)(1), and Art. 24, § 19-103 - amended


HB 1300

Delegate Szeliga, et al

PUBLIC SAFETY – HANDGUN PERMIT BACKGROUND CHECK –

ARMORED CAR COMPANY EMPLOYEES

Authorizing the Secretary of State Police to accept a background check from

an armored car company in place of a criminal history records check

performed by the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

under specified circumstances.


PS, § 5-305 - amended






HB 1301

Delegate Jones

STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGISTS – LIMITED LICENSES –

HAIRSTYLIST

Establishing a limited license to provide hair services under the State Board

of Cosmetologists; specifying the level of supervision required for an

apprentice hairstylist; requiring the Board to adopt regulations to set specified

curriculum and qualification standards for a student and hairstylist,

respectively; defining the scope of practice for a hairstylist; authorizing a

beauty salon to operate as a limited practice beauty salon by providing only

hair services; altering a specified reference to a basis for misrepresentation;

etc.


BOP, §§ 5-101, 5-205, 5-301, 5-305, 5-310, 5-501, 5-604, and 5-605 -

amended


HB 1302


COMMISSION ON TAX POLICY, REFORM, AND FAIRNESS

Establishing the Commission on Tax Policy, Reform, and Fairness; specifying

the membership of the Commission; providing for the appointment of a

Senate cochair and House cochair of the Commission; providing for the

staffing of the Commission; prohibiting a member of the Commission from

receiving compensation but authorizing the reimbursement of specified

expenses; requiring the Commission to study, consider, and make

recommendations regarding specified matters; etc.






HB 1303


MARYLAND LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION FUNDING –

ABANDONED PROPERTY FUNDS

Requiring the Comptroller to distribute specified abandoned property funds

each year to the Maryland Legal Services Corporation Fund, rather than to the

Maryland Legal Services Corporation; increasing from $500,000 to

$3,000,000 the amount that the Comptroller is required to distribute;

repealing provisions requiring the Governor to appropriate money each year

to the Maryland Legal Services Corporation Fund; etc.



CL, § 17-317(a) and HU, §§ 11-401 and 11-402 - amended


HB 1304

Delegate McComas, et al

PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS – CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS

MANAGEMENT AND PEER SUPPORT

Prohibiting a critical incident stress management team member, an individual

who participates in a critical incident stress management team intervention,

and a peer support member from disclosing specified confidential information

acquired from a law enforcement officer, a correctional officer, or an

emergency responder in the course of duty; etc.


CJ, § 9-112.1 - added


HB 1305

Delegates McMillan and George

CITY OF ANNAPOLIS – ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES – RESIDENCY

REQUIREMENT

Specifying that an applicant for an alcoholic beverages license in the City of

Annapolis may meet the residency requirement by residing anywhere in Anne

Arundel County for a specified number of years before applying for the

license.


Art. 2B, § 10-103(b)(4) - amended






HB 1306

Delegate Gutierrez, et al

PUBLIC BANKING INSTITUTIONS – AUTHORIZATION AND TASK

FORCE

Authorizing a political subdivision to establish a public banking institution

within the jurisdiction of the political subdivision and act as an incorporator

to establish the public banking institution; establishing the Maryland State

Banking Task Force to review and evaluate the creation of a Maryland State

Bank; etc.

VARIOUS EFFECTIVE DATES

FI, § 1-212 - added


HB 1307

Delegates Valderrama and V. Turner

JUVENILE SERVICES – GROUP HOMES AND INSTITUTIONS –

NOTICE

Requiring the Department of Juvenile Services to provide a specified notice to

the head of a specified law enforcement agency before contracting with a

specified group home or institution for the placement of children under the

jurisdiction of the Department of Juvenile Services.


HU, § 9-231 - amended


HB 1308

Delegate Healey, et al

RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY – PROHIBITION ON NONJUDICIAL

EVICTIONS

Prohibiting specified persons from taking possession or threatening to take

possession of specified residential property from a specified protected

resident, tenant, or mobile home park resident by locking the tenant or

resident out; establishing that specified persons may take possession of

residential property from a resident or tenant only in accordance with a court

order executed by the sheriff or constable or if the tenant or resident has

abandoned the property; providing remedies for a violation of the Act; etc.


RP, §§ 7-112, 8-216, and 8A-1102 - added






HB 1309


PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY – EDUCATION – CONSOLIDATED AND

COORDINATED PROCUREMENT PG 405–13

Requiring the Prince George’s County Board of Education and the County

Executive of Prince George’s County to review procurement policies and

practices to determine whether areas of duplication ought to be consolidated

and coordinated; requiring the county board and the County Executive jointly

to submit a specified annual report concerning procurements to the General

Assembly and the Prince George’s County Delegation; specifying

information to be included in the report; etc.



ED, § 3-1008 - added


HB 1310


HEALTH CARE MALPRACTICE CLAIMS – DEFINITION OF “HEALTH

CARE PROVIDER”

Altering the definition of “health care provider” for purposes of health care

malpractice claims.


CJ, § 3-2A-01(f) - amended


HB 1311

Delegate Carter

CRIMES – TRAFFICKING OF HUMAN ORGANS – PENALTIES

Prohibiting a person from recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or

receiving an individual, either living or deceased, for the purpose of removing

one or more of the individual’s organs by specified means; prohibiting a

person from transporting or transplanting an organ obtained in a specified

manner to one or more other persons under specified circumstances;

providing penalties for a violation of the Act; etc.


CR, § 3-608 - added






HB 1312

Delegate Parrott, et al

PAIN–CAPABLE UNBORN CHILD PROTECTION ACT

Prohibiting, except in specified circumstances, the performance or

inducement or attempted performance or inducement of an abortion of a

pregnant woman unless a determination as to the probable age of the unborn

child is made by a specified physician; providing that the failure of a

physician to perform specified actions is deemed unprofessional conduct; etc.


HG, §§ 20-217 through 20-225 - added


HB 1313

Delegate Cullison

STATE BOARD OF PHYSICIANS – CONSULTATION,

QUALIFICATION FOR LICENSURE, LICENSE RENEWAL, AND

REPRESENTATION TO THE PUBLIC

Authorizing physicians licensed in another jurisdiction and engaged in

consultation with a physician licensed in the State to practice medicine

without a license from the State Board of Physicians under specified

circumstances; authorizing applicants for licensure to qualify for licensure

under specified circumstances; requiring the Board to send renewal notices to

licensees by electronic or first–class mail; etc.


HO, §§ 14-101(c), 14-101.1, and 14-302.1 - added and §§ 14-302, 14-307,

14-316(b), 14-401(e)(2)(i), 14-503, and 14-5C-06(a)(2) - amended


HB 1314

Delegate Jameson, et al

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION – MEDICAL PRESUMPTIONS –

STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS ON CLAIMS

Altering the date by which a medical expert is required to conduct a specified

study and report the findings of the study to the Department of Legislative

Services; delaying the date by which a claim filed for an occupational disease

may be based on alterations to a specified presumption; delaying the date by

which alterations to a specified presumption may be construed to apply for a

claim filed for an occupational disease; etc.


Chapter 445 of the Acts of 2012, §§ 2, 4, 5, and 6 - amended and Chapter 445

of the Acts of 2012, § 4 - added






HB 1315

Delegates Clagett and Zucker

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS – DATA COLLECTION

AND TRACKING (MARYLAND JOBS DEVELOPMENT ACT)

Requiring the Department of Business and Economic Development to work

with all units of the State that administer economic development programs to

compile comprehensive data on all economic development programs

administered in the State; requiring the Department to submit a report on all

economic development programs administered in the State during the

previous fiscal year on or before October 1 each year; requiring the report to

contain specified data in specified formats; and requiring the Department to

adopt specified regulations.


EC, § 2-123 - added


HB 1316


POSTJUDGMENT INTEREST – MEDICAL INJURY

Altering the legal rate of interest on a money judgment for a medical injury;

and providing for the prospective application of the Act.


CJ, § 11-107(d) - added


HB 1317

Delegate Hucker

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT – DIVISION OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY

– APPROPRIATIONS

Requiring the Governor, beginning in the fiscal year 2015 budget, to include

in the annual budget bill submitted to the General Assembly an appropriation

for the Division of Labor and Industry of specified minimum amounts to fund

at least 10 positions for implementation of the Employment Standards Service

Unit and at least 15 positions for implementation of the Prevailing Wage Unit.



LE, § 2-107(g) - amended






HB 1318

Delegate Hucker

MARYLAND SECURE CHOICE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PROGRAM

AND MARYLAND SECURE CHOICE RETIREMENT SAVINGS TRUST

Establishing the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program for

eligible private sector employees; establishing the Maryland Secure Choice

Retirement Savings Trust and the Maryland Secure Choice Retirement

Savings Investment Board; authorizing the Board to implement, maintain, and

administer the Program and the Trust; requiring eligible employers to offer

the Program and requiring eligible employees to participate in the Program

unless written notice to opt out is provided to the employer; etc.


LE, §§ 12-101 through 12-701 - added

Assigned to: Economic Matters and Appropriations

HB 1319

Delegate Rosenberg, et al

PROCUREMENT – COMPETITIVE SEALED PROPOSALS –

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS – ECONOMIC INCLUSION PLANS

Requiring specified universities to follow specified provisions of law

regarding procurements for construction contracts; authorizing the use of

competitive sealed proposals for procurements for construction; requiring

specified procurements to comply with specified provisions of law regarding

competitive sealed proposals; requiring specified offerors and contractors to

make a specified effort to comply with provisions of law regarding minority

business enterprise; etc.


SF, §§ 11-203(e) and 13-104 - amended and §§ 13-501 through 13-508 -

added





HB 1320

Delegate Jones, et al

BALTIMORE CITY AND BALTIMORE COUNTY – CHILD IN NEED OF

SUPERVISION PILOT PROGRAM – INCREASE, ALLOCATION, AND

EXTENSION

Increasing and allocating the general fund appropriation for and extending the

termination date of the Child in Need of Supervision Pilot Program in

Baltimore City and Baltimore County; requiring the Governor to include a

specified general fund appropriation in the budget bills for fiscal years 2015,

2016, and 2017 for a specified purpose; and requiring that the funds be

provided as grants to Baltimore County and Baltimore City for a specified

purpose.



Chapter 601 of the Acts of 2005, as amended by Chapter 420 of the Acts of

2009, §§ 3 and 5 - amended


HB 1321


PROCUREMENT – GAS – PROHIBITION ON PURCHASING FROM

UNSAFE TRANSMISSION COMPANY

Prohibiting a unit of State government from procuring gas from a gas

transmission company that has not installed specified safety equipment on gas

transmission lines under its ownership or control, that does not employ

specified best practices and technology, or that does not comply with all

applicable State and federal safety standards and reporting requirements.


SF, § 14-416 - added





HB 1322

Delegate Clagett

TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE BANK

Establishing the Transportation Infrastructure Bank as a special revolving

loan fund in the Transportation Trust Fund to provide loans and other

financial assistance for transportation projects; establishing the Bank as a

special, nonlapsing fund; requiring the Department of Transportation to

administer the Bank; specifying the contents of the Bank; requiring that

interest on money in the Bank and specified payments be credited to the

Bank; etc.



SF, § 6-226(a)(2)(ii)69. and 70. - amended and § 6-226(a)(2)(ii)71. - added

and TR, §§ 9-101 through 9-801 - added

Assigned to: Ways and Means and Appropriations

HB 1323

Delegate Glenn

STATE GOVERNMENT – STATE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS –

MINORITY PARTY REPRESENTATION

Requiring that the members of a State board or commission appointed by the

Governor include, under specified circumstances, a specified number of

members who are registered voters of the State and not registered as members

of the majority party; and defining the term “majority party”.


SG, § 8-505 - added


HB 1324

Delegate Stein, et al

REAL PROPERTY – USE OF COERCION, THREAT, OR

INTIMIDATION – CONTRACTS VOID

Prohibiting a person from coercing, threatening, or intimidating a property

owner in a specified manner to induce the property owner to enter into a

contract to sell property or grant an easement on a property; establishing that

a contract entered into in violation of the Act is void; establishing that, if a

person violates the Act, specified contracts entered into for the same project

are also void; authorizing a property owner to bring a specified action in the

circuit court for the county in which the property is located; etc.


RP, § 10-711 - added






HB 1325

Delegate Wood

TRANSPORTATION – CAPITAL PROJECTS – LIFE CYCLE COST

ANALYSIS

Requiring the Department of Transportation to adopt regulations to establish a

methodology for applying life cycle cost analysis to the evaluation of

specified capital projects; requiring that the methodology address specified

matters; requiring the Department to submit a report of the results of the life

cycle cost analysis for specified projects to the Board of Public Works;

defining a term; etc.


TR, § 2-103.1(c) - amended


HB 1326


TASK FORCE TO IMPROVE THE BUSINESS CLIMATE IN

MARYLAND

Establishing a Task Force to Improve the Business Climate in Maryland;

providing for the membership, chair, and staffing of the Task Force;

prohibiting a member of the Task Force from receiving compensation, but

authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses; requiring the Task

Force to study and make recommendations regarding specified matters; and

requiring the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the

Governor and the General Assembly on or before December 31, 2013.



HB 1327

Delegate Otto

AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY – ASSESSMENT – COLLECTION

Repealing the requirement that an assessment on an agricultural commodity

be collected annually; repealing the requirement that an assessment be

deducted by a purchaser on and after the date stated in a specified notification

letter; requiring a purchaser to remit an assessment to a certified agency as

directed by the Secretary of Agriculture; authorizing a certified agency to

initiate judicial proceedings under specified circumstances; and authorizing a

specified certified agency to inspect specified books and records.


AG, §§ 10-108 and 10-111 - amended






HB 1328

Delegate Smigiel, et al

ESTATES AND TRUSTS – SPECIAL AND SUPPLEMENTAL NEEDS

TRUSTS – REGULATIONS BY STATE AGENCIES

Requiring each State agency that provides public benefits to individuals of

any age with disabilities to adopt specified regulations that are not more

restrictive than State statutes, regulations, or common law regarding trusts

and that do not require disclosure of a beneficiary’s personal or confidential

information without the consent of the beneficiary; etc.


ET, § 14-115 - amended


HB 1329

Delegate Hixson, et al

MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS – FRAUD AND ABUSE

PREVENTION

Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to implement

specified prepayment systems to prevent fraud and abuse in the payment of

claims for the Maryland Medical Assistance Program and the Maryland

Children’s Health Program; requiring the Department to use specified

information to refine and enhance a specified system; etc.


HG, §§ 15-1001 through 15-1004 - added


HB 1330

Chair, Economic Matters Committee (By Request – Departmental –

Workers’ Compensation Commission)

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION – INSURANCE COVERAGE –

EMPLOYER COMPLIANCE

Altering the procedures for the Workers’ Compensation Commission to

enforce compliance with specified workers’ compensation insurance coverage

requirements; altering the requirement for how specified employers secure

compensation for covered employees; clarifying the Commission’s authority

to order employers to secure compensation for covered employees; requiring

the Commission to issue specified orders directing specified employers to

attend specified hearings under specified circumstances; etc.


LE, §§ 9-402(a), 9-404(e) and (j), 9-405(b) and (f), 9-407, and 9-1012(a) and

(c) - amended






HB 1331


LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT – PARENTAL LEAVE – BIRTH OR

ADOPTION OF A CHILD

Providing specified employees a total of six workweeks of parental leave in a

12–month period under specified circumstances; providing that the parental

leave granted by an employer may be unpaid; providing that paid leave may

be substituted for any part of the six workweeks of leave under specified

circumstances; authorizing an employer to require an employee to provide

written notice of the employee’s intention to take parental leave under

specified circumstances; etc.


LE, §§ 3-1101 through 3-1116 - added


HB 1332

Delegate Tarrant, et al

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS – PERSONAL ELECTRONIC

ACCOUNT – PRIVACY PROTECTIONS

Prohibiting an educational institution from requiring, requesting, suggesting,

or causing a student or a prospective student to grant access to, allow

observation of, or disclose information that allows access to or observation of

the individual’s personal electronic account, not including a specified

communication; prohibiting an educational institution from compelling a

student or an applicant, as a condition of acceptance or participation in

specified activities, to add specified individuals to a specified list of contacts;

etc.


ED, §§ 26-401 and 26-402 - added





HB 1333

Delegates Rosenberg and Haynes

FAMILY INVESTMENT PROGRAM – FAMILY LITERACY PILOT

PROGRAM

Requiring the Secretary of Human Resources to establish the Family Literacy

Pilot Program in the Department of Human Resources; limiting the Program

to 500 recipients in specified locations; requiring the Secretary to cooperate

with local directors of social services and to consult with the Maryland State

Department of Education and specified adult literacy providers regarding the

establishment of the Program; establishing the purpose of the Program; etc.


HS, § 5-318.1 - added

Assigned to: Appropriations and Ways and Means

HB 1334


EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION – LEAVE FOR PREGNANCY AND

CHILDBIRTH

Requiring that specified leave be included in reasonable accommodations for

specified disabilities caused or contributed to by pregnancy or childbirth

under specified circumstances; and requiring specified employers to have

specified employment policies.


SG, § 2-609 - amended


HB 1335


LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT – SHORT–TERM DISABILITY

INSURANCE FOR PREGNANCY – REQUIREMENT

Requiring specified employers to offer specified short–term disability

insurance to employees who are pregnant; requiring, under specified

circumstances, the employer to pay a specified percentage of the premium

costs of the short–term disability insurance; requiring that the short–term

disability insurance provide income replacement for a specified number of

days for specified employees; specifying the percentage of income that must

be replaced under specified circumstances; etc.



LE, § 3-713 - added






HB 1336


DRIVER’S EDUCATION – INCOME TAX CREDIT – ASSESSMENT OF

FEES FOR DRIVING OFFENSES

Allowing an individual to claim a credit against the State income tax for

specified driver education costs paid by the individual for a child, stepchild,

or legal ward who is eligible to receive free meals at school; providing for the

amount of the credit; requiring the Motor Vehicle Administration to assess

specified fees on specified licensees convicted of specified driving offenses;

establishing procedures for payment of specified fees; etc.


TG, § 10-733 - added and TR, § 12-120(a) - amended and §§ 16-1001

through 16-1003 - added


HB 1337

Delegate Griffith, et al

MARYLAND PUBLIC ART INITIATIVE PROGRAM – REVISIONS

Altering the sources of funding for the Maryland Public Art Initiative

Program by requiring that each recipient of State funds for specified

construction or renovation projects set aside 1% of the money allocated for

the projects into the Maryland Public Art Fund; repealing a provision of law

relating to a specified annual budget appropriation; establishing that the

Maryland Commission on Public Art, rather than the Maryland Historical

Trust, owns and is responsible for managing the artwork funded by the

Program; etc.


EC, §§ 4-603(b), 4-604, 4-605, and 4-608 - amended

Assigned to: Health and Government Operations and Appropriations




HB 1338


PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY JUVENILE COURT AND SCHOOL

SAFETY WORKGROUP PG 306–13

Establishing the Prince George’s County Juvenile Court and School Safety

Workgroup; providing for the composition, chair, and staffing of the

Workgroup; prohibiting a member of the Workgroup from receiving specified

compensation, but authorizing the reimbursement of specified expenses;

requiring the Workgroup to develop specified policies and protocols, create a

specified process, develop criteria for specified programs, hold specified

meetings, and convene specified groups annually; etc.


ED, § 22-401 - added


HB 1339

Delegates Minnick and Anderson

VEHICLE LAWS – TOWING, RECOVERY, AND STORAGE –

METHODS OF PAYMENT

Repealing specified payment alternatives that under specified circumstances

allow a person that provides vehicle towing, recovery, or storage services to

avoid having to accept payment by at least two major, nationally recognized

credit cards; requiring a police department or other person that stores an

abandoned vehicle to accept payment for outstanding towing, preservation,

and storage charges by cash or at least two major, nationally recognized credit

cards; etc.



TR, §§ 21-10A-05(c) and 25-203 - amended





HOUSE BILLS INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 11, 2013

HB 1340

Delegate Stukes, et al

COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS – BALTIMORE CITY

SHERIFF AND FEES FOR FILING AND SERVICE OF PROCESS

Altering the positions and the number of positions the Baltimore City Sheriff

may appoint; increasing from $200 to $500 a specified annual expense

allowance for a deputy sheriff; altering specified surcharges on filing fees in

the District Court in Baltimore City; requiring the revenue generated from the

surcharge to be remitted quarterly to the Baltimore City Director of Finance

and used to fund the enhancement of sheriff benefits and the increase in

sheriff personnel to enhance the service of domestic violence orders; etc.


CJ, §§ 2-309(d)(1), 7-301(c), and 7-402(a) - amended and § 7-402(f) - added


HB 1341

Delegate Stukes, et al

STATE GOVERNMENT – COMMEMORATIVE DAYS – JUNETEENTH

NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY

Requiring the Governor annually to proclaim June 19 as Juneteenth National

Freedom Day.


SG, § 13-411 - added


HB 1342

Delegate Kaiser, et al

MARYLAND LONGITUDINAL DATA SYSTEM – GOVERNING

BOARD AND DATA TRANSFERS

Adding the President of the Maryland Independent College and University

Association, or the President’s designee, to the governing board of the

Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center; establishing that a specified

institution of higher education or postsecondary education that transfers

student–level data to the Maryland Longitudinal Data System in accordance

with a specified plan is not liable for a specified breach of confidentiality, or

for a disclosure, use, retention, or destruction of the data; etc.


ED, §§ 24-704(b) and 24-707 - amended






HB 1343


DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE –

WORKGROUP ON CANCER CLUSTERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL

CAUSES OF CANCER

Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, in consultation with

the Department of the Environment, to convene a workgroup to examine

issues relating to the investigation of potential cancer clusters in the State and

potential environmental causes of cancer; specifying issues to be examined;

requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to report findings

and recommendations of the workgroup on or before June 30, 2014; etc.



HB 1344

Delegate Griffith, et al

MARYLAND CONSOLIDATED CAPITAL BOND LOAN OF 2010 –

PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY – PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY FIRE

DEPARTMENT

Amending the Maryland Consolidated Capital Bond Loan of 2010 to change

the name of a specified grantee and specified beneficiaries; extending the

deadline for a specified grantee to present evidence of a matching fund to

June 1, 2015; providing that a specified grant may not terminate before June

1, 2015; etc.


Chapter 483 of the Acts of 2010, § 1(3) Item ZA03(BE), as amended -

amended


HB 1345

Delegate Schuh, et al

OPEN MEETINGS ACT – PUBLIC BODY – DEFINITION

Altering the definition of “public body” for the purposes of the Open

Meetings Act to include a multimember subcommittee of a standing

committee of either house of the General Assembly.


SG, § 10-502(h) - amended






HB 1346

Delegate Malone, et al

VEHICLE LAWS – MAXIMUM SPEED LIMITS ON HIGHWAYS

Increasing from 65 miles per hour to 75 miles per hour the maximum speed

limit that may be established on specified highways in the State.


TR, § 21-801.1(e) - amended


HB 1347

Delegate McHale

BUILD MARYLAND TAX CREDIT ACT

Allowing individuals and corporations to claim a credit against the State

income tax for specified commercial real estate investment expenses;

authorizing the Department of Business and Economic Development to issue

a specified amount of credit certificates each fiscal year; providing for the

total amount of credit certificates that may be issued; establishing the

Infrastructure Investment Income Tax Credit Reserve Fund as a special,

nonlapsing fund; etc.



TG, §§ 10-204(l) and 10-733 - added and § 10-305(d) - amended


HB 1348

Chair, Health and Government Operations Committee (By Request –

Department of Legislative Services)

MARYLAND PROGRAM EVALUATION ACT – REVISIONS AND

CLARIFICATIONS

Altering the date by which the Department of Legislative Services must

complete specified evaluations and reports; altering the elements required in

specified reports; altering the date by which the Legislative Policy Committee

must make a specified determination; altering the date by which specified

committees must hold specified hearings; repealing the requirement that

specified evaluations be completed by an evaluation committee; repealing the

requirement that an evaluation plan be completed; etc.


SG, §§ 8-401, 8-403, and 8-409 through 8-413 - amended, §§ 8-404 through

8-408 - repealed, and §§ 8-404, 8-405, and 8-408 - added






HB 1349


PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY SHERIFF – SALARY INCREASE PG 319–

13

Increasing the annual salary of the Sheriff of Prince George’s County to

$174,734 over a 5–year period; and providing that the Act does not apply to

the salary or compensation of the incumbent Sheriff during a specified term

of office.



CJ, § 2-309(r)(1)(i) - amended


HB 1350

Delegates McConkey and Sophocleus

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONAL

SERVICES – REINVESTMENT OF SAVINGS TO PRISONER REENTRY

PROGRAMS

Requiring, on or before August 1, 2013, the Department of Public Safety and

Correctional Services to report to the Governor and the General Assembly on

the savings it has achieved through the efficient use of resources and how

these savings may be reinvested in proven prisoner reentry programs; and

stating the intent of the General Assembly that the savings be incorporated in

the fiscal year 2015 budget.



HB 1351

Delegate Bromwell (By Request)

HEALTH – SMOKING – PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS AND SWIMMING

POOLS – PROHIBITION

Prohibiting smoking on a public playground and in and around a specified

swimming pool.


HG, § 24-1601 - added






HB 1352

Delegate Carter, et al

STATE GOVERNMENT – COMMEMORATIVE DAYS – EARTH HOUR

Requiring, except under specified circumstances, the Governor annually to

issue an order, in observance of Earth Hour, that the lights of Government

House and the State House be turned off on the last Saturday of March at 8:30

p.m. and remain off for 1 hour.

EMERGENCY BILL

SG, § 13-411 - added


HB 1353

Delegate Oaks, et al

MINORITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES – GOALS AND SUBGOALS

Requiring the Procurement Advisor to conduct an examination concerning the

process by which the heads of units and their procurement officers, in

consultation with the Special Secretary of Minority Affairs, the Secretary of

Transportation, and the Attorney General, set specified goals and subgoals for

participation of specified minority groups in State procurement; specifying

factors to be considered during the examination; and requiring a specified

report.



HB 1354

Delegate Conaway

REAL PROPERTY – DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS – DEATH BY

OTHER THAN NATURAL CAUSES

Eliminating immunity from civil liability or criminal penalty for an owner or

seller of real property or the owner’s or seller’s agent who fails to disclose a

homicide, suicide, accidental death, or felony that occurred on a property

offered for sale or lease; and requiring a residential property disclaimer or

disclosure statement to include information of which a vendor has actual

knowledge relating to any death by other than natural causes, such as a

homicide, suicide, or accidental death, that occurred at a property.


RP, §§ 2-120 and 10-702(d) and (e) - amended






HB 1355

Delegate Costa

PUBLIC SAFETY – REGULATED FIREARMS – APPLICATION FEE

AND MENTAL HEALTH CERTIFICATION

Increasing a specified firearm application fee; reducing the number of

consecutive days that an applicant may not exceed in a medical institution for

treatment of a mental disorder without a specified certification from a

licensed mental health physician or under specified supervision; requiring a

firearm application to be accompanied by a specified certificate from a

licensed mental health physician issued within a specified period before the

date of the application; etc.


PS, §§ 5-118(a) and (b), 5-133(b), and 5-134(b) - amended


HB 1356

Delegate Cullison, et al

HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS – IDENTIFICATION BADGE

Requiring that specified health care practitioners, when providing health care

to a patient, wear a badge or other form of identification displaying specified

information; providing for a specified exception; requiring each health

occupation board to adopt specified regulations; authorizing the regulations to

provide exemptions or allow use of a first name; requiring that specified

administrative actions be kept confidential; etc.


HO, § 1-220 - added


HB 1357

Delegate Costa

CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY –

SOUTHERN MIDDLE SCHOOL AND SOUTHERN HIGH SCHOOL

IMPROVEMENTS


to be used as a grant to the Board of Education of Anne Arundel County for

the construction, repair, renovation, reconstruction, and capital equipping of

Southern Middle School and Southern High School, including installing

backup generators, located in Lothian and Harwood, respectively; providing

for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a requirement that the

grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.







HB 1358

Delegate Love

CREATION OF A STATE DEBT – ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY – CAMP

WOODLANDS TEEPEE PROJECT


to be used as a grant to the Board of Directors of Girl Scouts of Central

Maryland, Inc. for the planning, design, construction, repair, renovation,

reconstruction, and capital equipping of the Camp Woodlands Teepee, located

in Annapolis; providing for disbursement of the loan proceeds, subject to a

requirement that the grantee provide and expend a matching fund; etc.




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